Central IHMs to go into financial soup with MoT’s directive on fee concessions

The principals of the IHMs fear that allowing concessions on a 'case-to-case' basis as per their discretion might open scope for future litigations.

The directive of the Ministry of Tourism to Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) under the National Council of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (NCHMCT) to decide on ‘case to case basis’ the concession requests on annual fees made by the student community has put the cash-starved Central IHMs in a quandary.

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India decides on the fee structure of the NCHMCT institutes, and they have to meet their annual budget from within the students’ fees. The principals of the institutes are up in arms against the directive of the ministry, as it would create more pressure on the financial stability of the institutes. They argue that if concessions have to be offered to students, the same should have been spelt out in black and white and the shortfall in the income of the institutes should be compensated by the MoT.